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Wax on coils falls off
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10-31-2013, 05:54 PM
Old scraps of fallen of wax may be contaminated with a lot of things. Best find or buy a non tinted mostly beeswax candle (you can beg a stub from a house of worship, but that's off topic.)

Agree if set is working properly, windings are probably OK.
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Wax on coils falls off - by Buzz - 10-30-2013, 08:23 PM
RE: Wax on coils falls off - by morzh - 10-30-2013, 09:22 PM
RE: Wax on coils falls off - by Buzz - 10-30-2013, 09:24 PM
RE: Wax on coils falls off - by Arran - 10-31-2013, 12:03 AM
RE: Wax on coils falls off - by codefox1 - 10-31-2013, 05:54 PM



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